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IDF Strikes Gaza, Eliminating Four Terror Operatives Over Weekend

The IDF announced on Monday that airstrikes across the Gaza Strip over the weekend eliminated four terrorists from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The military stated that the targeted operatives were actively working to restore military capabilities and plan attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, in violation of the ceasefire.

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01The IDF announced on Monday that airstrikes in Gaza over the weekend eliminated four Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.
02Three terrorists were killed on Sunday, October 25, and a Hamas Nukhba cell commander was killed on Saturday, October 24.
03The IDF stated the operatives were planning attacks against Israelis and rebuilding military capabilities in violation of the ceasefire.
04The deceased include Islamic Jihad operatives Alaa Abu Zaid and Hamdan Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Amra, and Hamas sniper Fawzi Salam Odat Allah Sawarha.
05Saturday's strike in northern Gaza eliminated Muhammad Anan Muhammad Al-Rawaj, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander.
06Israeli forces also destroyed a building in northern Gaza on Sunday that was being used as a sniper position against IDF troops.
07According to The Jerusalem Post, the IDF also targeted terrorists emerging from a tunnel in Khan Yunis on Sunday.

Three of the terrorists were killed on Sunday, October 25, in northern, central, and southern Gaza. The IDF identified them as Alaa Abu Zaid and Hamdan Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Amra, both members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, and Fawzi Salam Odat Allah Sawarha, a Hamas sniper accused of planning and executing attacks against Israeli troops.

On Saturday, October 24, an airstrike in northern Gaza eliminated Muhammad Anan Muhammad Al-Rawaj, whom the military identified as a commander of a Hamas Nukhba cell. The IDF emphasized that precautions, including precision munitions and aerial surveillance, were taken to minimize civilian casualties during these operations.

In separate incidents on Sunday, Israeli forces identified and destroyed a military structure in northern Gaza that was being used as a sniper position against Israeli troops. According to The Jerusalem Post, the military also struck terrorists emerging from a tunnel in Khan Yunis.

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Who reports what

“the killed militants participated in preparing attacks on Israeli military and civilians and in restoring the military potential of their organizations, systematically violating the ceasefire agreement”

per IDF

3 of 3 newsrooms

“a building in northern Gaza was used as a sniper position”

per Israeli military

2 of 3 newsrooms · not Israel National News

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